Author archives: Mike
Trial now has a default timeout for test cases (Yes, yes, I know, I wasn't going to work any more this evening...)
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I've been getting annoyed with twisted.trial all day, as I look at test results declaring that there's a problem in test case <lambda>. So I decided (unable to just sit about) that I'd update to the lastest Twisted SVN root and produce a fix for it.
Apparently someone else was annoyed by the effect and ...
Another big-ticket item added to the feature-list (Long day's coding, though)
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One of the things that kinda freaks me out is just how huge a feature set we're packing into this product. The one I built today is available from one of our competitors as a stand-alone tool that costs as much as our entire product. Sure, it'll take a few more days of work to ...
The Rain of Tiny Blows
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She makes cold marble soft with hardened steel
Long days in practiced craft of violent action
Run a hand across her downy flank
Try to feel the rain of tiny blows
That caught this Roman maiden in the stone
Academics shouldn't blog? (Though I try to avoid blogosphere auto-wanking...)
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I know, I know, who reads this blog for meta-comments about blogging? No one, yet I can't help it...
There's an article on Ars which includes this little quote:
Ultimately, I think the answer to this dilemma is pretty clear: graduate students simply should not blog, and if they do blog they should never do ...
More finishing and polishing (LivePages get a little closer to real-world usability...)
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Day was filled with reversion of some changes on Friday, and then moving forward to get the LivePages looking and working more like the Zope TAL Template wrappers. Quite a bit of housekeeping in there as well. Toward the end of the day I modified the trigger LivePage so that as you enter trigger values ...
Muscles Sliding Under Skin
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It's really just muscles sliding under skin
Maybe a well-placed bit of fat
Lush roundness to smooth the curves
Yet it pulls the eye off course
Perfect geometry as line folds into shadow
Folds again into still-hidden geometries
You want to sketch, to freeze that moment
Capture the mind in the transition forever
But then ...
Days of curry and defeat (And slumber)
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Had a rather pleasant evening hanging around and chatting with Lara on Saturday. However, went rather late, so I was not in particularly good form come Sunday afternoon for the game with grams. She managed to edge me out and win the tournament 3 games to 2. She snookered me twice on the black! Evil ...
Yay! Lara's coming over! (Thai curry shall not go to waste)
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I tried making a Thai curry for the first time today. It's not spot-on (used Indian curry spices (so it's Yellow Curry), regular ginger, that kind of thing), but it is very tasty. The coconut milk is so rich that it becomes a very forgiving dish (much like Indian curry, come to that).
I decided ...
I need to do *something* tonight (Too pitiful to sit here working all weekend)
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Spent hours last night borking up all my lovely work on Cinemon with an attempt to go way too far way too fast. I should try to back out all the extra stuff this afternoon.
Problem is, I'm in the mood to talk. <Elided> is off visiting her dad. I've invited some people over, but ...
Key words for computer recycling... (Toronto Environment Day)
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I've had some old computer parts (particularly a UPS) sitting in my room waiting to be recycled for ages, but I never got around to figuring out just where I need to take them. So this morning I decided to figure it out (though why I waited until I don't have access to a car ...
Mike C. Fletcher, the VRPlumber, is a philosopher of design turned computer programmer based in Toronto, Canada. He works primarily in the Python programming language, and maintains a large number of Open Source software packages. You can reach him at: mcfletch@vrplumber.com.